תהלים 7:9

Hebrew Modern Translation

יגמר נא רע רשעים ותכונן צדיק ובחן לבות וכליות אלהים צדיק׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[7:10] נא רע רשעים ותכונן צדיק ובחן לבות וכליות אלהים צדיק

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[7:10] יִגְמָר־נָ֬א רַ֨ע ׀ רְשָׁעִים֮ וּתְכוֹנֵ֪ן צַ֫דִּ֥יק וּבֹחֵ֣ן לִ֭בֹּ֗ות וּכְלָיֹ֗ות אֱלֹהִ֥ים צַדִּֽיק ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[7:10] יִגְמָר־נָא רַע ׀ רְשָׁעִים וּתְכוֹנֵן צַדִּיק וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת וּכְלָיוֹת אֱלֹהִים צַדִּֽיק ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Oh: Psalms 9:5, Psalms 9:6, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 10:18, Psalms 58:6, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 74:11, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 74:23, Isaiah 37:36-38, Daniel 11:45, Acts 12:23

but: Psalms 37:23, *marg. Psalms 40:2, 1 Samuel 2:9, Romans 16:25, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Peter 5:10, Jude 1:1

for: Psalms 17:3, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 139:1, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12, Revelation 2:23

Reciprocal: Judges 7:4 - I will Judges 11:27 - be judge 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge 1 Samuel 26:23 - render 2 Samuel 18:19 - avenged him 1 Chronicles 29:17 - triest the heart Job 10:7 - Thou knowest Job 31:6 - Let me be weighed in an even balance Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 11:5 - trieth Psalms 26:2 - General Psalms 31:1 - deliver Psalms 59:13 - Consume Psalms 94:15 - But Proverbs 15:11 - the hearts Proverbs 24:12 - doth not he that Ezekiel 11:5 - for Ezekiel 21:25 - whose Luke 16:15 - God John 21:17 - thou knowest that Acts 1:24 - Lord Romans 8:27 - And he 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God Hebrews 4:13 - is there

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,.... Which will not be till the measure of it is fully up, and that will not be till the wicked are no more; for, as long as they are in the world they will be committing wickedness, and like the troubled sea continually cast up the mire and dirt of sin; and they will remain to the end of the world, till the new Jerusalem church state shall take place, when all the Lord's people will be righteous, and there will not be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts, nor a pricking brier or grieving thorn in all the land; for, in the new earth will no sinner be, but righteous persons only; and for this state the psalmist may be thought to pray; however by this petition and the following he expresses his hatred of sin and love of righteousness: some choose to render the words c, "let wickedness now consume the wicked"; as in the issue it will, unless the grace of God takes place; some sins consume the bodies, others the estates of wicked men, and some both; and all are the means of destroying both body and soul in hell, if grace prevent not; this may be considered as a declaration of what will be, being a prophetic petition d;

but establish the just; or righteous one; meaning himself, and every other who is made righteous, not by his own righteousness, but by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; and who needs not to have his righteousness established, which is in itself stable, firm, and sure, and cannot be more so; it is an everlasting one, and cannot be abolished, but abides for ever, and will answer for him in a time to come; but his faith to be established more and more in its exercise on this righteousness: nor do the persons of the just need establishing, or can they be more stable than they are, as considered in Christ, as they are the objects of God's everlasting love, secured in the covenant of grace, and built on Christ the foundation; but the graces of faith, hope, and love, need daily establishing on their proper object, they being weak, fickle, and inconstant in their acts; and the saints need more and more establishing in the doctrines of the Gospel, and in their adherence to the cause of God and Christ and true religion; and it is God's work to establish them, to whom the psalmist applies; see 1 Peter 5:10;

for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins; he is righteous himself in his nature, and in all his works, and he knows who are righteous and who are wicked; he knows the hearts, thoughts, affections, and inward principles of all men, and the springs of all their actions; he looks not at outward appearances, but at the heart; and as he can distinguish between the one and the other, he is capable of punishing the wicked and of confirming the righteous, consistent with the truth of his perfections.

c יגמור נא רע רשעים "consumat nunc vel quaeso malum impios", Muscuius, Vatablus, so Jarchi, Kimchi, Ben Melech. d "Consumat nunc malum impios", Pagninus, Montanus, Hammond so Obadiah Gaon.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to and end - Of all the wicked; wickedness not in this particular case only, but wickedness of all forms, and in all lands. The prayer here is a natural one; when a man becomes impressed with a sense of the evil of sin in one form, he wishes that the world may be delivered from it in all forms and altogether.

But establish the just - The righteous. This stands in contrast with his desire in regard to the wicked. He prays that the righteous may be confirmed in their integrity, and that their plans may succeed. This prayer is as universal as the former, and is, in fact, a prayer that the world may come under the dominion of the principles of truth and holiness.

For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins - That is, the hearts and reins of all people. He understands the character of all people; he is intimately acquainted with all their thoughts, and purposes, and feelings. To search or try “the heart and the reins” is an expression frequently used in the Bible to denote that God is intimately acquainted with all the thoughts and feelings of people; that is, that he thoroughly understands the character of all people. The word “heart” in the Scriptures is often used to denote the seat of the “thoughts;” and the word “reins” seems to be used to denote the most secret feelings, purposes, and devices of the soul - as if lodged deep in our nature, or covered in the most hidden and concealed portions of the man. The word “reins,” with us, denotes the kidneys. In the Scriptures the word seems to be used, in a general sense, to denote the inward parts, as the seat of the affections and passions.

The Hebrew word כליה kilyâh, means the same as the word “reins” with us - the kidneys, Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22; Job 16:13; Isaiah 34:6; Deuteronomy 32:14. From some cause, the Hebrews seem to have regarded the “reins” as the seat of the affections and passions, though perhaps only in the sense that they thus spoke of the “inward” parts, and meant to denote the deepest purposes of the soul - as if utterly concealed from the eye. These deep thoughts and feelings, so unknown to other people, are all known intimately to God, and thus the character of every man is clearly understood by him, and he can judge every man aright. The phrase used here - of trying the hearts and reins - is one that is often employed to describe the Omniscience of God. Compare Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 20:12; Psalms 26:2; Psalms 139:13; Revelation 2:23. The particular idea here is, that as God searches the hearts of all people, and understands the secret purposes of the soul, he is able to judge aright, and to determine correctly in regard to their character, or to administer his government on the principles of exact justice. Such is the ground of the prayer in this case, that God, who knew the character of all people, would confirm those who are truly righteous, and would bring the wickedness of the ungodly to an end.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 7:9. The wickedness of the wicked — The iniquity of Saul's conduct.

But establish the just — Show the people my uprightness.